Display device



R. J. CLEELAND DISPLAY DEVICE Oef. 16,11923, 1,470,688

Filed- Aug. 26. 1920 [mmm/NAN VENTOR Mf/f 4 mwmw Y t\TTORNEY5.

Patented ch 416, 1923. i

'UNITED'STATES PATENT GFFIICE@ l i v- ROBRRT QJ. VOLRRLAND,*or Sifnrivsrrntn,l MASSAOHSRTTS, ASSIGNOR rro KIRBR i BROTHERS COMPANY, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION or MASSACHUSETTS. L A* "DISPLAY nnvron.

pendaison sie@ mgm 26, 1920.' Sernin. 4oe,f141.

` 'Be' it knownthatL Ronirr liC'LnnLAnn, citizen of the United States, residing-at Springfield, in ythe county of Hampden and vv*State* of M'assachusetts, have invented new and Yuseful 'Improvements' in 4Display Def tion.

Thislinvention relates to an improved dis-Y play device whichy while adapted for many vand 'varied' uses inconnection with the dis-fA 'play or" articles to .be offered for sale particularly adapted for use in connection with .thedisplay of confectionery.. i

One object of the present invention is to Overcoine the disadvantages above-mentioned 'and provide a suitable display device 'of the 4character wherein the construction and 'arrangement 'of the: parts issuch as to permit' the original package to bereadily employed for the purposes of displaying the goods Vand at the-,saine time enablethe retail dealer to i sell from the stock contained in the original package while. the saine is used Vfor display I purposes. 1 g "Another object of the invention` is to provide a device vOfthis character wherein the topmost holderor tray of articles contained in the original package mayberaised slight ly above its original-position and. there held Vinfplaoe while the contents 'oit the package below the toprnostlholder inayebe'rernoved to purchasers.

A further object of :the invention is' to provide suitable means for sustaining the v utilizing the same will 'be lznore -fully j set forth in the detailed description to followg` n, Referring to the drawings:

sigg-1 is' en and elevational 'viewer 'a displaydevice ofV this character showing` the: "end portion"- O the originaljpackage fout Y away tofacilitate reinovalof the 'articles in l rthel lower portion thereof;

vices, of which the following isa speciiicaV- for the purpose fof y dispen'singthejarticles liz'rFig. 2 fis aperspective'view ofthe einpty package showingt-he position-y offthe supportingrneans for the tray;`and i l y K Fig. 3 isa perspective yview oone of the lsoupportsanda part of the transveif'se, niem trart'edV herewith,l 1 designatesl abox ordinajrily` constructed ofv pasteboard or'sirnilar material in the manner in which receptacles In the einbodiinentlof the invention illus-V p dbf Ofthis'ki'nd are usually'forined, said box beingfprovided with a ,base portion 2, sides 3" and 4: and ends 5 and 6. In the present instance the invention is illustrated in connection with avboX inwhich confectionery, suchas chocolates, is adapted" to be packed.

In order to arrange the package to better display thearticles and toprovide means for obtaining readyaccessto the rarticles be low the tray, means' are provided for sup-` Vporting the" tray slightly raised fro'ni the chocolates arranged therebelow 'whereby lthe `Vtray may' be held su'pprted by the sides of the box'and the chocolatesV below thetray may Vbe removedk without disturbing those in the tray. @By this arrangement, ailsogthe chocolates' arranged in the'tray may be di's-` lower layerbfbhocolates. p t* Y i i Each memberv 1'() is'for'lned of lsuitable slightly elevated above the top of the next i length to extend approximately across theA width of the fbozf:y and isV provided l at its 4opposite vends with outturne'dv portions 12bent vback Suponftheinselves for vvfitting over" and closelyV engaging lthe upper edges of the sides' played kto the view of the custonierswitliont 3 and 4 of the EboX whereby Athe intermediate.

ii'cie'nt distance beneath the top off the box to suitably support the" tray relative tothe portion ofeach member l0 vislocated a suitey 'i top of the box and slightly elevated lfroinrthe I" y Vnext lower layer of chocolates. Y

When arranging the -bor` for' display purs for said holder eomprisinga longitlidinally extending member and a transverse member secured 'to `said longitudinally extending `member said transverse member beingprof Amember being provided vvith means for engaging a portion of the hinged end when the same is in upright position to hold it in place. I

In testimony whereof I have atlixed my signature this 24th day of Aug., 1920.4

Y ROBERT J. 'CLEELAND 

